Selected from the first edition (1812, 1815) and translated by the editor.
These retain the earliest versions by the Grimm brothers, such as including Rapunzel's pregnancy.

Contents: About A Fisherman and His Wife; The Wolf and the Seven Kids; Brier Rose; About Elves (3 tales); Rapunzel; About Simpletons (4 tales); The Water of Life; Rumpelstiltskin; The Six Swans; Hansel and Gretel; The Bremen Town Musicians.

Foreword about the selection of these tales, and afterward About the Brothers Grimm.
The line etchings are in a modern style.